TC Bertha

[HurricaneHunter914]

I don't think Recon will find 80 kts today, convection is quite weak and the NE side almost has no convection at all. She could make a comeback in the next 3-4 hrs before Recon arrives.

[MiamiensisWx]

I don't think Recon will find 80 kts today, convection is quite weak and the NE side almost has no convection at all. She could make a comeback in the next 3-4 hrs before Recon arrives.

I doubt it. The stall is resulting in upwelling.

[Chacor]

00z: 29.3N 62.3W
06z: 29.5N 62.5W
12z: 29.7N 62.6W

6-hour:
Distance: 13 nautical miles/15 statute miles/24 km
Average forward speed: 2.17 knots/2.5 mph/4 km/h

12-hour:
Distance: 29 nautical miles/33 statute miles/53 km
Avg forward speed: 2.42 knots/2.75 mph/4.42 km/h

[Chacor]

AFTER A WEEK OR SO...I AM RUNNING OUT OF THINGS TO SAY ABOUT BERTHA.

Sounds familiar.

[cycloneye]

Look what Avila says at the start of the 11 AM discussion:

400
WTNT42 KNHC 121433
TCDAT2
HURRICANE BERTHA DISCUSSION NUMBER 38
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022008
1100 AM EDT SAT JUL 12 2008

AFTER A WEEK OR SO...I AM RUNNING OUT OF THINGS TO SAY ABOUT BERTHA.

Good sense of humor from him.

[Chacor]

Was it Epsilon in 2005 that caused him to say "I am running out of things to say"?

[srainhoutx]

Yep, I had to laugh when the Advisory was posted.

[senorpepr]

Argh... NOW the weather charts have resumed. (Power went out again, after only a few minutes. Hopefully we're back for good after 14 1/2 hours)

[HURAKAN]

[Ed Mahmoud]

I posted in recon contest thread, I think the plane will find Bertha is barely a hurricane.

[Ed Mahmoud]

Bermuda's watch was upgraded to a TS Warning.

[pojo]

Look what Avila says at the start of the 11 AM discussion:

400
WTNT42 KNHC 121433
TCDAT2
HURRICANE BERTHA DISCUSSION NUMBER 38
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL022008
1100 AM EDT SAT JUL 12 2008

AFTER A WEEK OR SO...I AM RUNNING OUT OF THINGS TO SAY ABOUT BERTHA.

LOL......so true...

[jaxfladude]

Hopefully we can at last say goodbye to Bertha(transitioning to extra-tropical?) ....

[Scorpion]

Aw poor Bertha looks a little under the weather today

[Nimbus]

Looks like Bertha's stall may turn into a SSE drift, that would be good news for Bermuda if it verifies.

[Aric Dunn]

Up welling is getting the best of her now..

[HurricaneHunter914]

And it doesn't look like she's moving anytime soon. Could be a TS before she moves over warmer waters.

[brunota2003]

Bertha is self-destructing in two different ways. The first was the never ending ERC, which killed both the inner and outer eyewalls...the second is upwelling, which is finishing off what is left.

[Extremeweatherguy]

Wow, Bertha is almost completely still right now (perhaps even drifting slightly south and east?)...

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t1/loop-vis.html

[cpdaman]

umm....global warming link??